Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-10-11

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 11
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
118 head
▼ 101 vs last sale 219▼ 66 vs year ago 184 · −35.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 25▲ 27 vs year ago 7 · +385.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 35▲ 0 vs year ago 24 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were steady and slaughter cows and bulls were also steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.67/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$144.67
36 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$799
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.16
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565145.7482327
Medium and Large 2516141.457309thin
One grade step is worth $4.29/cwt here — about $93 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale36 hd
144.67
—
MS average13 barns · 831 hd
153.83
−9.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,67991.971,5443thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,22560.007351thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11957.796474thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00741.964229thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$9501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,465$1,2502thin

Every lot, as filed

41 lots · USDA AMS · Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—610138.50/cwt138.00–139.008452
BullsMedium and Large 2—565126.00/cwt126.00–126.007121
BullsMedium and Large 1—430148.00/cwt148.00–148.006361
BullsMedium and Large 2—466133.71/cwt130.00–140.006234
BullsMedium and Large 1—585133.00/cwt133.00–133.007781
BullsMedium and Large 2—660117.95/cwt115.00–121.007782
SteersMedium and Large 1—621142.17/cwt139.00–148.008835
SteersMedium and Large 2—458146.67/cwt146.00–147.006723
SteersMedium and Large 2—560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007841
SteersMedium and Large 2—750123.00/cwt123.00–123.009231
SteersMedium and Large 1—440150.00/cwt150.00–150.006601
SteersMedium and Large 1—715136.00/cwt130.00–140.009723
SteersMedium and Large 1—355160.00/cwt160.00–160.005681
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623114.45/cwt110.00–119.007132
SteersMedium and Large 2—528140.01/cwt139.00–141.007393
SteersMedium and Large 1—695141.00/cwt141.00–141.009801
SteersMedium and Large 1—482150.73/cwt147.00–155.007273
SteersMedium and Large 1—574146.46/cwt144.00–150.008414
SteersMedium and Large 1—529147.45/cwt144.00–151.007809
HeifersMedium and Large 1—880112.00/cwt112.00–112.009861
SteersMedium and Large 2—375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005631
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468121.98/cwt121.00–123.005712
HeifersMedium and Large 3—520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
HeifersMedium and Large 3—568119.50/cwt119.00–120.006792
HeifersMedium and Large 1—680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—400131.00/cwt131.00–131.005241
BullsMedium and Large 1—660139.00/cwt139.00–139.009171
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430141.00/cwt141.00–141.006061
HeifersMedium and Large 1—514132.42/cwt131.00–136.006815
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580127.00/cwt127.00–127.007371
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517126.04/cwt123.00–128.006523
BullsMedium and Large 1—480141.00/cwt141.00–141.006771
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,4651,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,040950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bulls——1,74393.95/cwt93.00–95.001,6382
Bulls——1,55088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,3641
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11957.79/cwt56.00–61.006474
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,22560.00/cwt60.00–60.007351
CowsLean 85-90%—94938.29/cwt35.00–42.503635
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07946.54/cwt45.00–50.005024

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.